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The City of Differdange (19500 inhabitants), situated in the S.-W. of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, is world-famous for manufacturing the biggest "Grey"-girders (steel beams). But Differdange is also renowned for wind-music: Each quarter (Differdange-Center, Oberkorn, Niederkorn and Lasauvage) has his own music-band, and there are two more youth-bands, a big-band and some other smaller groups.

So the "DIFFERDANGE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR WINDS" (DIFFWINDS) is organized within a fertile environment. During the second week-end of July on even years, DIFFWINDS welcomes wind- and percussionbands of any style (symphonic-, brass-, big- and stagebands, a.s.o.), with young musicians aged up to 26 years.



Former Diffwinds guests



Seinäjoki Symphonic Band (FIN)Symphonisches Blasorchester Obere Nahe (D)
Muziekvereniging Concordia Meterik (NL)Big Band Bad Freienwalde (D)
Die Fanfaren von Belarus Minsk (BY)Orchestra Juvenil de Valado dos Frades (P)
Pihalni Orchester Koper (SLO)Jugendorchester der Kreismusikschule MOL (D)
Harmonie Philomena Haelen (NL)Jeugdharmonie Concordia Melick (NL)
Big Band Ernie HAMMES (L)HM Differdange (L)
Ensemble de Percussion Marienthal 93 (L)Brass Band du Conservatoire d’Esch/Alzette (L)
Diffwinds Workshop Orchestra 96+98+00+02+04 (L)Brass Band Chemnitz (D)
Verbandsjugendorchester Kaiserstuhl-Tuniberg (D)Jugndblasorchester der Stadt Haag (A)
Knabenmusik der Stadt Zürich (CH)Percussion Band City of Huissen (NL)
Brass Band Agricultural University Kiev (Ukraine)Lovetch Youth Wind Orchestra (BUL)
Modica (I)De Nationale Jeugt Fanfare (NL)
The Ramla Orchestra (Israël)Conservatoire - Harmonie Afula (Israël)
Percussions E.M. Pétange (L)Les Trompettes du Conservatoire de Liège (B)
Le Quatuor de Saxos d’Esch (L)JBO Csolnok (H)
Offbeat plus Flûtes et Clarinettes (L)Quintette “Altérations Perdues“ (L)
Ensemble à Vent du Conservatoire de Moscou (RU)JBO Waedenswil (CH)
Zephir Trompeten (D)“L’Eclat’Sax” du Conservatoire de Strasbourg (F)
Diffwinds Workshop Orchestra (L)Brassband Chemnitz (D)
JBO Cheb (CZ)Sindos Band (GR)
Southern Winds (Blue Lake) (USA)Students Wind Band University Riga (LATVIA)
Symphonic Band Kiskunfelegyhaza (H)Paralimni Symphonic Band Cyprus (CY)
Rathfarnham Concert Band (IRL) Diffwinds Workshop Orchestra 06 (L)
DIFFWINDS 2008:
SOUTHERN WINDS (Blue Lake Camp of Fine Arts), Orchestre d'Harmonie, USA
YOUTH BRASS SUCHOWOLA, Brass and Dance, POLOGNE
LA MACHINERIE, Jazz-Trio, FRANCE
THE BOLY HUNGARY BAND, Orchestre d'Harmonie, HONGRIE
JUNGMUSIK KRT (Kilchberg-Rüschlikon-Thalwil), SUISSE
THE WRZESNIA YOUTH WIND BAND, Orchestre d'Harmonie et Showband, POLOGNE
LUXEMBOURG BRASS MATES, Quintette de Cuivres, Classique et Jazz, LUXEMBOURG
DIFFWINDS WORKSHOP ORCHESTRA 08



Thanks to the following institutions



MINISTERE DE LA CULTUREFONDS CULTUREL NATIONALUNION GRAND-DUC ADOLPHE
MIAMI UNIVERSITYJOHN DOLIBOISEUROPEAN CENTER DIFFERDANGE
UNION COMMERCIALE ET ARTISANALE DIFFERDANGESACEMADMINISTRATION COMMUNALE DIFFERDANGE
SERVICE CULTUREL DE LA VILLE DE DIFFERDANGE


Links



DifferdangeBig Band DifferdangeBLUES EXPRESS Differdangewww.igeb.net www.igeb.romatet.com www.lucilin.lu


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